Riverbank
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Title
Riverbank
Description
During the chaotic years following the collapse of the Tang dynasty in 907, centralized rule was shattered and China splintered into a number of short-lived kingdoms. Among the most important of these was the Southern Tang dynasty (937–75), which governed much of the lower Yangzi River delta from its capital at Nanjing. It was there that a distinctive “southern” style of landscape painting developed under the court official and artist Dong Yuan.
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Creator
Attributed to Dong Yuan (Chinese, active 930s–960s)
Date
Southern Tang dynasty (937–76)
Subject
Type
Format
Image: 86 3/4 × 43 in. (220.3 × 109.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 11 ft. 1/2 in. × 48 in. (336.6 × 121.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 11 ft. 1/2 in. × 53 in. (336.6 × 134.6 cm)
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Rights Holder
Contributor
C. C. Wang Family, Gift of Oscar L. Tang Family, in memory of Douglas Dillon, 2016
